Now you can jump into some warp zones like your favorite 8bit Italian hero. These puppies are thick and warm kind of like hiking socks. They won’t make you jump higher or shoot fireballs but they’ll be sure to take you to another level.
I laughed a little…
Who knew Pac-Man was a junkie and wife-beater? Or that Frogger is a terrorist, and Donkey Kong and Mario are pitted in an epic manage-a-trois of princess passion? From creators Frank Meyer, Scott Chernoff and BJ Guyer, the TV pilot Videogame Theater delves into the world of classic videogames, supplying twisted, darkly comedic behind the scenes back-stories to iconoclastic characters. You’ll love it, and it may even freak you out! Go to myspace.com/videogametheater and www.videogametheater.com to learn more or email mail@videogametheater.com
Some guy took an R2D2 cooler and turned it
Pick a game
into a retro game machine! Inside are eight consoles and a projector mounted in the head kinda like R2D2. Now you can have your own gaming robot to help take care of that old school gaming itch.
Thank these guys for the news.
Mid Jump
I had no idea how much arts and crafts enthusiast cared for the fine taste of vintage gaming. A fella by the name of BottleCapArt has put his art and craft skills to good use. Mario is large and in charge in this bottle cap art piece and is showing off in mid jump I suppose. It was built with a sturdy plywood frame in mind and a love for alcohol. The dimensions are pretty large
A side view
at 27”x48”x2”. Anyone want to take the time to see how many bottle caps were used on this project?
This beauty is actually being sold at a low price to a lucky owner, so why not go for it? It would make a fine display in a game room, bed room or even a den or computer room.
This guy does some amazing work. He only has two items on display right now but he says he has finished designs for Megaman, Gibson Les Paul, Link from Zelda and Sonic the Hedgehog. If anyone can find screen shots of these let us know we would love to view them.
This item is crafted with bottle caps forming Mario from the famous Nintendo game Super Mario Bros. This piece of art portrays our favorite New York plumber in mid jump, no doubt escaping one of King Koopa’s henchmen. Glued to plywood w/ frame this is very sturdy and has a small hanger in the back for ease of installation. Shipping would be costly, local pickup is the best choice. The work is 27”x48”x2”.
Wait there is more
He looks hungry
you know. The same crafty geek known as BottleCapArt is currently offering a 17”x17”x5/8” masterpiece of the murderous ghoul, Inky from Pac-man. The art its self is glued to pine board so it should be rather sturdy.
The project was completed using mostly bud light beer caps, and then Michelob ultra Budweiser select beer caps. One would guess that MR. BottleCapArt is trying to count carbs, who cares brother, let your work speak for you.
Way to give props to a true classic BottleCapArt, now can you create the first castle boss scene in the Legend Of Zelda 2 for the NES. It would mean the world to us.
This item is crafted with bottle caps forming the Ghosts from the famous Namco game Pac-Man. This game is coming up on its 30th anniversary, this piece could be a great way to congratulate the manufacture of a true classic. Glued to a pine board this is very sturdy and has a small hanger in the back for ease of installation. Shipping cost will increase outside the US. The work is 17”x17”x5/8”.
All in all we give it a high five.
I stumbled across
Wash Your Hands
something pretty cool today on the net, and decided to share it with you guys. This chick Allison from Dirty Ass Soaps crafted a 1:1 scale look a like NES controller pad out of nothing but soap. Yes, you heard right, soap.
Dirty Ass Soaps (cool name I know) NES controller is the first Retro Gaming project but hopefully not the last. One other really cool feature is, unlike its counterpart, the soap controller is made out of a very green, wonderful organic vegan soap–soap that is free of synthetic chemicals, toxins and animal products.
Thats right, can your original NES pad boast those specs? We think not. Every nerd, geek, and Nintendo fan should be washing away the worlds problems with this stuff, not only will it make you smell better but you are helping the environment at the same time.
Here is a quote from her homepage:
This GIGANTIC NES
Wash your face
Controller soap is exactly the size of the original controller.. and it is a whopping 4.6 ounces! It smells amazing. We hand made the mold and infused our creamy vegan shea butter soap with anise essential oil. We tried to make this pretty darn realistic. The colors on this soap are all natural, and the buttons aren’t painted on (because you know soap paint disappears after just one wash, right?)
If you know a gamer, or happen to be one yourself, what better gift than a soap that looks like an original NES controller? And if you don’t care for the Anise fragrance, convo me! I will make a controller that smells amazing to YOU!
What are you waiting for, sign up for a Etsy account and vote for Dirty Ass Soap’s and buy some soap while you are at it. Hell, the N.E.S. soap controller is a whopping $9.00 dollars. Pick one up and you will be the envy of all your geeky friends, and you know what… you will smell better for it.
Edit: Got my soap in the mail, its pretty cool.
There are quite a few games out there that were awesome growing up that you have not played in years I am sure. There are thousands of classics, and many have slipped your mind. Here are some titles that you have forgot about.
5. Kid Icarus for the NES. (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Everyone has fond memories of timing a jump wrong and falling to your death, Fudge, it was tough after the first 10 minutes but oh so rewarding.
Kid Icarus Rocked!
First off let, for those of you poor saps who have yet to play this game, it is a really good game and worth checking out. The game stars a greek Icarus looking character called Pit.
For those you who have never read any Greek mythology, Icarus is the fella that flew to close to the sun one day with mere wax wings, and his wings melted and he plummeted many many feet to his demise . FYI, the game does in fact feature the wax wings.
4. Marble Madness (Arcade)
How many quarters did this game eat up? Yeah it was not very pretty, but for its time… 1984, it sure was intuitive and fun. I can recall hounding my mother for quarters at the bowling alley over and over again to feed this monster.
Watch out for the marble eating slinky!
Marble Madness is an isometric platformer where you move an onscreen marble from a third-person perspective. It is quite simple, move the ball, avoid obstacles and traps, stay on the course and finish with in the time limit.
Sounds easy right? Sure it is, the first level that is. The game gets progressively harder until you are pulling your hair out of your head or running to the change machine for more quarters. The only game that ate up more of my pocket change was the Arcade version of X-men.
You should slap yourself right now for forgetting about such an awesome game, and reward yourself by re-living all of the glory by giving it another round, after all that is the main reason why so many of us enjoy console emulation.
3. Hydro Thunder
In terms of retro, it is still newer
Boat racing at its finest.
but it was the first real good boat racer that I enjoyed playing. The arcade version and then its Dreamcast counterpart. Who doesn’t like racing boats anyway. Bet you forgot about this one as well. It was a very, very fluid racer. No pun intended.
The jumps in the game were insane, and the maps were a lot of fun, some pretty hard to boot. For its time the graphics were pretty impressive. The arcade model boasted dual boat racing for some intense game play with a friend.
After the first few courses they became almost impossible to beat with out some repetitive practice. A river running through the mouth of a volcano, who makes this stuff up.
Check this one out if you missed it. I have mentioned this one around some friends and family and they have never heard of it, so maybe you might find some fun out of this one.
2. Disney’s Aladdin (SNES/Genesis)
This has to be the best Disney
Will Jasmin put out?
game I have played in the mid 90’s. Not only are the games graphics utterly stunning for its time, but Aladdin’s game play and controls are top notch.
The game is loosely based on the movie’s storyline, with Aladdin’s adventures taking him through a market place at first, the Cave of Wonders, a pyramid, and if you can make it that far, Jafar’s Palace.
More so in the “Genie” levels, the visuals are a delight to the eye and very colorful. Excellent music scores play throughout the levels, and you’ll instantaneously recognize it if you’ve seen the film.
All in all the title was great fun, and I do not think it has been re-hashed since its debut. With that said, there is a good chance you have forgotten all about this diamond in the rough.
1. Alien VS. Predator (Atari Jaguar)
The Jaguar was horrible, no one owned the system, and
It is not a TUMOR.
no one played its games, but the people who created Alien VS. Predator didnt mess around. The versatility, graphics and overall game play for a system that was running Wolfenstien 3D side by side really showed what the Jaguar was capable of though not tapped into.
You get the option to play as either a Predator, an Alien, or finally Marine. Each counterpart having a variety of different weapons and different objectives during the play of the game. The Predator was a rather interesting character to play because of the weapon types and skill sets.
Check out gameplay footage on youtube if you will, just to see how amazing this title really was. Did you own a Jaguar? No you didnt! Do you remember seeing advertisements for this game? Sure you do! That means you forgot about this game a long long time ago, and owe it to yourself to find a way to play it.
All of the titles lsited here can be emulated and played in full runs, and if you are reading this, you are on a emulation related web site. So what the hell are you waiting for? Get lost.
Just when you thought that it was safe to say Retro Gaming Geeks couldn’t possibly get any geekier with game related cupcake designs….
Lego creation from Donkey kong/ Click to Expand
someone breaks the mold and re-creates a static image of the original Donkey Kong Arcade game out of nothing but Legos. The Ape looks a little cartoonish and not all that mean but who cares right?
My favorite part has to be the hammers in mid air. Not sure how accurate the scale is but who cares, this was all in good fun. Now, if this guy would re-create the 1st castle boss fight in Zelda #2 for the NES, I could die a happy man.
Image and amazing design/creation courtesy of Fantasticrob Murray. Send him props and a request for the 1st castle boss fight in Zelda #2 for the NES.
Don’t play us, dork, we know you are eying these cupcakes. Here are 10 of the geekiest cupcakes we have ever seen, fit for the king of dorks.
1. Speaking of kings, here is the king of Nintendo, Mario. Here’s a Mario pixel cupcake beast made from several smaller cupcake squares.
2. These iPhone app cupcakes are spot on if you ask us. These tasty little morsels were made just for the super Cupcake Decorating Championship at the one and only Ignite NYC.
3. These look a tad better than the last eh? Another set of yummy iPhone cupcakes.
4. Pac-man is one of the best games from the 8-bit era. This is a sweet wedding cake by someone called ‘hello_naomi’ and as you can see it is assembled from many individual pieces. So pretty.
5. A pretty Mario cupcake scene made out of many smaller pieces. Sure looks pretty.
6. A nerdy Google cupcake to celebrate search engine kings 8th birthday. Time goes by fast no?
7. Super Mario icons by the one and only Clever Cupcakes design.
8. Stray away from the poison one. Note this set of Mario mushrooms.
9. A logo-styled apple cupcake geared to the company notorious for its wonderful iPods and iPhones, Apple. Very nice.
10. Yet Another 1-up mushroom.
There you have it, all the geeky cupcake goodness you can cram down your throat. And your throat can take quite a BIT….GEEK.
Remember all of that classic goodness you shared with the Ninja Turtles and the SNES? Well it is being torn out of the closet and remastered for the Xbox Live Arcade.
That is right! A little leaked online footage shows that Konami can not sit on an official announcement much longer. The gameplay footage shows some cool new 3-D graphics. OMG, 3-D! The game play looks to emulate the original perfectly. It does not look like we get the ability to throw foot soldiers into the screen, drats. We are sure the feature is in game though. We think that we would take the SNES version over the Arcade, as it has a few extra levels in the mix. Have a good time with this one fellas.
If you are a fan of retro gaming as much as we are here at Retro-Replay then check out the awesome Retro Mini Handheld NES System. The Retro Mini Handheld NES System can take full size NES carts for some true retro gaming.
It comes with a 2.4 inch TFT LCD screen for a nice view, built in speakers, and has video out so you can play your favorite games on your television or some other device.
Here are the specifications.
- Handheld NES system plays original full-size NES cartridges
- 2.4″ LCD TFT Screen
- Built in Speakers
- Headphone out jack
- Includes composite (NTSC) Video/Audio out cables for playing on a TV
- You need to supply your own NES cartridges
- Requires 4 x AA batteries (not included)
- Runs for over 8 hours on a single set of batteries
- Dimensions: 15cm x 9cm x 4cm deep
The Retro Mini Handheld NES System is now selling for $49.99 from Think Geek.
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